11 clever products to help you travel safer - from slash-proof backpacks to water purification tablets

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If you're staying overnight at someplace sketchy, try a door alarm that'll wake you (and everyone else) up if someone tries to open your room door.

• Traveling can be exciting, glamorous, and memorable, but it can also be unfamiliar, confusing, and a little unsafe at times.
• Be prepared before you travel the world with products and gadgets designed to keep both you and your valuables safe.
• This way, you can have the trip of a lifetime and the pictures to prove it.

Exploring the world has always been on my bucket list, and now that I'm a financially independent member of society with a mean travel bug, it's time to cash in those travel points. In the past two years, I've been to five countries but still, that's just a small dent in my list.

In the short time that I've traveled seriously, I've learned that things don't always go as planned and you should always be on your toes. Maybe your lodging wasn't as ideal as the photos made it seem, you didn't have fresh drinking water readily accessible, or you were unfortunately pickpocketed. Whatever bumps in the road you run into, the trip must go on.

That's why it's much better to start your trip with gadgets and products designed to keep you and your valuables safe so when you fly home, you're leaving with everything you came with - plus a few extra souvenirs.

Here's what you need to pack to have the safest trip possible:

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